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Read the following extract and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow:I am an orphan, roaming the street.I pattern soft dust with my hushed, bare feet.The silence is golden, the freedom is sweet.1. Who is 'I' in the above lines?(i) I' is Amanda, a girl who hates her parents.(ii) I' is Amanda, a girl who loves talking to people.(iii) I' is Amanda, a carefree and rude girl.(iv) I' is Amanda, a girl who loves freedom.2. Explain, 'the silence is golden.'(i) The speaker of these lines longs to be left alone without being nagged. Therefore, to her, silence is extremely valuable, i.e. golden.(ii) The speaker of these lines likens the peaceful silence to the golden rays of the sun, as they both make the speaker happy.(iii) The speaker of these lines means that silence is very rare and always comes at a high cost.(iv) The speaker of these lines is a young girl who does not like silence and likens it to gold, something that adults value a lot but that does not interest her at all.3. Who longs to be an orphan? Where is the orphan roaming? (i) Amanda longs to be an orphan. The orphan is sitting alone on a tower.(ii) Amanda longs to be an orphan. The orphan is floating in the sea.(iii) Amanda longs to be an orphan. The orphan is roaming in the street.(iv) Amanda longs to be an orphan. The orphan is playing with a kite.4. Why does the speaker of these lines have bare feet?(i) The speaker does not like wearing shoes and imagines herself walking on the street with bare feet. (ii) The speaker is imagining herself to be an orphan on the street, therefore she has no shoes and is walking with bare feet.(iii) The speaker is walking along the beach, and has removed her shoes so they don't get sandy.(iv) The speaker's shoes don't fit her well and cause her to feet to feel pinched. So she has removed them and is walking with bare feet.5. Complete the sentence:The speaker's footsteps are ______. (i) hushed(ii) bare (iii) roaming(iv) golden

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1. (iv) I' is Amanda, a girl who loves freedom.

2. (i) The speaker of these lines longs to be left alone without being nagged. Therefore, to her, silence is extremely valuable, i.e. golden.

3. (iii) Amanda longs to be an orphan. The orphan is roaming in the street.

4. (iv) The speaker is imagining herself to be an orphan on the street, therefore she has no shoes and is walking with bare feet.

5. (i) hushed



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